Birchwood Park In Warrington achieves total lettings of 93,500 sq ft in 2014

305 Bridgewater Place at the Birchwood Park business park in Warrington. Picture by Stephen Hammond

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Warrington’s Birchwood Park business park let a total of 93,500 sq ft of office space in 2014.

Throughout the year 58 suites were let through a combination of 20 company expansions and 38 new tenants arriving on the park, including Hyder, Epicor, Intaforensics and the Ministry of Justice.

Nationally recognised as a hub for the nuclear services sector, Birchwood has continued to attract a large number of leading nuclear organisations, including AREVA who took 3,376 sq ft of space in 303 Bridgewater Place.

The £4.7m refurbishment of the newly-completed 401 Faraday St, has transformed the building and has successfully pre-let more than half of the total floor area in 2014.

Two of the largest pre-lets , Hyder Consulting and another occupier, have taken the whole of the third and fifth floors of 14,550 sq ft and 16,500 sq ft respectively.

The park now has a total occupancy rate of more than 95%, spanning 1.18m sq ft.

Jonathan Walsh, managing director at Birchwood Park, said: “2014 was a phenomenal year for the park, especially when you consider that one of our largest buildings 401 Faraday St was unavailable for most of that time.

“Not only did we enable 20 of our existing companies to grow, we also welcomed over 1,000 new workers. Our success reinforces just what a great place for business the Birchwood area is.

“In today’s fast-paced business environment, our on-site team works hard to keep developing the business community we have created over the years. There is a vibrancy here that I don’t think exists anywhere else in the area.”

BE Group and Jones Lang LaSalle acted on behalf of Birchwood Park for the lettings.